Knowing and using the languages of position, direction and movement is important. A good understanding of words such as left and right, top, middle and bottom, on top of, in front of, above, between, around, near, close and far, up and down, forwards and backwards, inside and outside, which describe position and movement, will help children move on to talk about rotating and turning in both directions.

Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Math - Elementary School - Moving and Turning

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10 Questions

1. If they walk forwards, what is most likely to happen first?

They will fall offThey will start to runThey will jump in the airThe tips of the arrows will meet

2. If the minute hand makes a three-quarter turn clockwise, which number will it be pointing to?

59612

3. These arrows tell us that traffic should move around the roundabout in which direction?

BackwardsAnticlockwiseClockwiseForwards

4. If he gave his arrow half a turn, in which direction would it point?

Straight upTo the leftStraight downTo the right

5. At the moment, the cucumber slices are near the bottom of the picture.
If I gave the plate half a turn, where would they be?

On the left of the pictureOn the right of the pictureAt the top of the pictureAt the bottom of the picture

6. If the needle turned a quarter of a turn clockwise, which word would the red tip point to?

FailureRiskChanceSuccess

7. If she blows and the windmill makes 3 full turns, what color would be at the top?

BlueRedGreenPink

8. If I turned this picture a quarter turn counterclockwise, which way would the stick be pointing?

Straight downStraight upTo the rightTo the left

9. In order to turn the stovetop up to 3, she should...

Pull hardPress hardTurn the knob in an counterclockwise directionTurn the knob in a clockwise direction

10. This child is running...

backwardsforwardssidewaysunderneath